SecurityCode: US must prepare for a long battle with Houthi rebels. Remember Iraq-Iran Tanker War in 1980s?

As the Iran-Iraq war raged from 1980, ships to Persian Gulf energy shipping lines escalated, forcing the US to commit its Navy. It took time and bloodshed, before strategists finally realised the answers lay on land. That’s a message the planners of the multinational fleet headed to the Red Sea to fight Houthi attacks haven’t learned.----more----https://theprint.in/opinion/security-code/us-battle-yemen-houthi-rebels-red-sea-iran-iraq-tanker-war-1980s/1893263/